Tajikstan

The Republic of Tajikistan, or Tajikistan for short, is one of the Central Asian countries, located between Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and the People’s Republic of China, and has the smallest land area among the Central Asian countries. The country is located in the southeast of Central Asia and covers an area of 143,100 square kilometers. It is known as the “Land of Mountains” and 93% of its total area is mountainous. More than half of the country is above 3,000 meters above sea level, and less than 7% of the land is arable. The highest point in the country is the Ismail Somoni peak on the Pamir plateau, which is 7,495 meters above sea level. Those glaciers and snow on the mountains form rushing rivers when they melt.